Plainer

Examples

• I thought her, then, still more colourless and thin than when I had seen her last; the flashing eyes still brighter, and the scar still plainer. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Therefore I checked myself, and made my meaning plainer. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• In plainer terms still, the transaction, for anything that Lady Glyde knows to the contrary, may be a fraud upon her unborn children. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Never certainly have I seen a plainer confession of guilt upon human countenances. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He said the countenance could disclose what was passing in the heart plainer than the tongue could. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The wagon rattled, jumped, almost flew, over the frozen ground; but plainer, and still plainer, came the noise of pursuing horsemen behind. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Never did tone express indifference plainer. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Nothing can be plainer. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Cost me what it may, I will be plainer now. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Not only was Miss Ainley poorer, but she was even plainer than the other old maid. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I should like it of all things, was not plainer in words than manner. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I'll try to be plainer, another time. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• There was not only a great increase of books in the world, but the books that were now made were plainer to read and so easier to understand. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• What seems plainer than that the long toes, not furnished with membrane, of the Grallatores, are formed for walking over swamps and floating plants. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• No talk could be plainer than that. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The case is as plain as a pikestaff, and the more one goes into it the plainer it becomes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• And we have just seen that in several species of the horse genus the stripes are either plainer or appear more commonly in the young than in the old. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• She knew she was plainer. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I think nothing can be plainer than that? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Louisa,' returned her father, 'it appears to me that nothing can be plainer. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• He gets plainer as he gets on, but not an atom more emphatic or animated. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• What can be plainer than that the webbed feet of ducks and geese are formed for swimming? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Can I speak plainer? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The dreadful condition to which he was brought, was so appalling to both of us, that we could not refer to it in plainer words. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I will speak plainer, if you wish it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Sir, she says, for the moment obliged to set her lips with all the energy she has, that she may speak distinctly, I will make it plainer. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Give me a plainer answer, Mr. Hartright. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Here I split my discourse (give me your arm, Sophronia), into three heads, to make it shorter and plainer. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• If Mas'r pleases, said Tom, gratefully, Mas'r makes it so much plainer. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Plainer evidence than this, in favour of the Indians, there could not well be. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

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